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SBS Inkigayo 06.30.13 – SISTAR’s “Give It To Me” Wins The Weekend

Posted: 30 Jun 2013 12:48 AM PDT

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With their win today on Inkigayo, SISTAR‘s “Give It To Me” has swept all the music show wins this weekend! Congratulations to the group!

Today’s show featured comeback performances with Girl’s Day and their song “Female President” and 4Minute with their latest track “Is It Poppin.”

Performance list: SISTAR, After School, EXO, IVY, 4Minute, MBLAQ, CL, Nell, Girl’s Day, Rainbow, Skull & HaHa, LED Apple, Lim Kim, VIXX, N Sonic, 2EYES, BTS, Baek A Yeon

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*Performances will be added as they become available

SISTAR

After School

EXO

IVY

4Minute

MBLAQ

CL

Nell

Girl’s Day

Rainbow

Skull & HaHa

LED Apple

Lim Kim

VIXX

N Sonic

2EYES

BTS

Baek A Yeon

SISTAR “Milk Song”

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Weekly K-Pop Music Chart 2013 – June Week 5

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 11:17 PM PDT

Big changes in the top 10 this week as all the top three songs are new entries from outside of the top 10.

As expected, SISTAR's "Give It To Me" moves from No. 13 all the way to No. 1 this week.  This song has swept nearly every music chart in Korea and it is no surprise to see it on top of our chart with a high score of 977 points.  "Give It To Me" is the title song of SISTAR's second full length album.  Written by Double Sidekick, "Give It To Me" is an electronic dance beat song with an addictive melody.  This song may be one of the top hit songs of 2013.  With its success, SISTAR also firmly cemented themselves as one of the top girl groups in K-Pop now.

Moving up a big 25-spots to No. 2 is After School's latest hit "First Love."  This song is coming from After School's sixth maxi single of the same name.  This slow-beat dance song is composed by Brave Brothers.   It reminds us a little bit of another Brave Brothers hit song, SISTAR19's "Gone Not Around Any Longer" earlier this year.  Listeners will be able to experience yet another side of After School through this number, including the pole dance in their performances.  After School's songs are always in the top three but they are still looking for their first ever No. 1 song.  Let see if they will get it this time.

Also moving up 25 spots to No. 3 to complete a female sweep this week is Ivy's new song "I Dance."  This is the title song from Ivy's second mini-album of the same name.  This time Ivy reunited with JYP, who wrote this song and also her debut hit "Tonight" back in 2005.  "I Dance" combines tango, hip-hop, and electronic genres. The song holds lyrics about dancing and singing in order to forget pain. What makes the song even more anticipated is that Wonder Girls' Yoobin lends her voice for the rap portion of the song.

The last new song in the top 10 is at No. 7 and it belongs to rock band Nell's "Ocean Of Light."  Recently, Nell released part two of their "Gravity" series, "Escaping Gravity." The songs in this album follow the theme of escaping from frustration and despair.  Title song "Ocean Of Light" is written by lead singer Kim Jong Wan.  This modern rock track brings out the finest in Korean rock music.  Despite being dominated by idol singers, this song has no trouble hitting the top 10.

This is the last weekly music chart of the first half of 2013.  I am going to announce the half year top 10 K-Pop songs from our chart in the middle of next week.  Be sure to check back and find out what are the most popular songs in the first half of this year.

Singles Music Chart - June 2013, Week 5
  • 1 (+12) Give It To Me
    • Chart Info
    • 13 Previous rank
       
    • 2 Number of week on chart
       
    • 1 Peak on chart
       
  • 2 (+25) First Love
    • Chart Info
    • 27 Previous rank
       
    • 2 Number of week on chart
       
    • 27 Peak on chart
       
  • 3 (+25) I Dance
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    • 28 Previous rank
       
    • 2 Number of week on chart
       
    • 28 Peak on chart
       
  • 4 (-2) Short Hair
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    • 2 Previous rank
       
    • 4 Number of week on chart
       
    • 2 Peak on chart
       
  • 5 (+2) Bad Girl (feat. E-Sens)
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    • 7 Previous rank
       
    • 3 Number of week on chart
       
    • 7 Peak on chart
       
  • 6 (-5) Bad Girls
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    • 1 Previous rank
       
    • 5 Number of week on chart
       
    • 1 Peak on chart
       
  • 7 (+5) Ocean Of Light
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    • 12 Previous rank
       
    • 2 Number of week on chart
       
    • 12 Peak on chart
       
  • 8 (-4) Smoky Girl
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    • 4 Previous rank
       
    • 3 Number of week on chart
       
    • 4 Peak on chart
       
  • 9 (-6) Sunshine
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    • 3 Previous rank
       
    • 3 Number of week on chart
       
    • 3 Peak on chart
       
  • 10 (-4) Wolf
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    • 6 Previous rank
       
    • 3 Number of week on chart
       
    • 6 Peak on chart
       
Rank Song Artist/Band
11 (-6) 이름이 뭐예요? (What’s Your Name?) 4minute
12 (new) All Right Kim Ye Rim
13 (+3) Trap (feat. Kyuhyun, Taemin) Henry
14 (–) Only You 4men
15 (new) A Good Boy Baek Ah Yeon
16 (+6) Painkiller T-Ara, The Seeya, Five Dolls, Speed
17 (-9) 나쁜 기집애 (The Baddest Female) CL
18 (new) 왜 이제야 왔니 (Why Did You Come Just Now) Jung Yup
19 (-10) 이게 무슨 일이야 (What’s Happening) B1A4
20 (+3) 잘 있나요 (Best Wishes To You) The One
21 (-11) Return (feat. Harim, Hotoo) 2BiC
22 (new) My Love Lee Seung Chul
23 (new) I’m Sorry BEAST
24 (new) 만인의 연인 (Darling Of All Hearts (feat. Harim)) Sunny Hill
25 (-8) 봄봄봄 (Bom Bom Bom) Roy Kim
26 (-8) Yoohoo Secret
27 (-8) 콩떡빙수 (Bean Bing Soo) Akdong Musician
28 (-7) Number 1 Two Months
29 (new) 내 다리를 봐 (Be Ambitious) Dal Shabet
30 (new) 거름 (Fertilizer) Ulala Session
31 (-1) 마지막 그 한마디 (Last Word) Lee Seung Gi
32 (-1) Hyde VIXX
33 (-1) Wash Away (feat. Ailee) Geeks
34 (+16) Black Tinkerbell Chocolat
35 (new) 어떤 설레임 (Something Flutters) Ra.D
36 (new) Marry Me Koyote
37 (new) 전화해 집에 (Party Rock) Boys Republic
38 (-2) 나를 잊지말아요 (Don’t Forget Me) Suzy
39 (-14) 선잠 (나 그대의 사랑이 되리) (Light Sleep) J-Rabbit
40 (new) 청춘예찬 (Ode To Youth) Lee Hyun Woo
41 (-21) This Love Shinhwa
42 (-5) 천국과 지옥 사이 (Between Heaven And Hell) BoA
43 (-14) 이 나이 먹도록 (Getting To This Age) Vibe
44 (-11) Gentlemen Psy
45 (-4) Want U Back 100%
46 (new) I’m Stupid Shin Ji Hoon
47 (-13) 기대해 (Expect) Girl’s Day
48 (-13) Wild Nine Muses
49 (new) Echo Every Single Day
50 (new) 나의 사랑비가 되어줄래 (Would You Be My Love Rain?) Shin Jae

About the Soompi Music Chart:

Soompi Music Chart is unlike any other music charts or television rankings.  It takes into account rankings by various major music charts in Korea and airplay of each song, making it an unbiased and objective tally of what's going on in the world of K-pop.  Our chart is composed of the following sources:

Air Monitor Chart - 15%
GAON Music Chart
– 20%
Various Internet charts (Olleh, Bugs, Melon, Soribada) – 15%
Billboard Korea – 20% 
SBS Inkigayo Chart  – 10%
KBS Music Bank K-Chart - 10%
MNet M!Countdown Chart – 10%

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[Recap] Marrying the Jealous Type – We Got Married 062913

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 10:26 PM PDT

On this episode of “We Got Married,” Jo Jung Chi and Jung In take charge, Go Joon Hee and Jinwoon decide to have fun with the younger couple, and Taemin and Son Na Eun compete to make the other one jealous. 

Marrying the jealous type – This is your Soompi WGM recap!

(If you missed it, here is last week's WGM recap: We’re all in this together.)

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New Albums And Singles Preview – 2013 June Week 5

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 08:26 PM PDT

Dynamic Duo Vol. 7 – Lucky Numbers (July 1)

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01 Two Giants of Advancement
02 Sexy and Cool (feat. Zion.T)
03 Skit #1
04 Pour So That the Foam Won't Overflow (feat. Crush, DJ Friz)
05 Baaam (feat. Muzie of UV)
06 Airplane Mode (feat. Lee Ju Han, Hyewon of Winterplay, Simo)
07 Grand Slam
08 Shoot Goal
09 Wing Bone (feat. Hyorin of Sistar)
10 Morning Love
11 Tragedy
12 It's a Crime, a Crime
13 Let's Sometimes See Each Other For a Long Time

Purchase This Album

Dynamic Duo returns after a year and a half with their full-length seventh album, "Lucky Numbers." The album holds songs of various styles, including club music, soul, and Detroit sounds. Various artists such as Zion.T, Crush, UV, and Sistar's Hyorin took part in the album, making it all the more anticipated by many.

John Park Vol. 1 – Inner Child (July 3)

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Purchase This Album

John Park makes a comeback after sixteen months since his mini-album, "Knock" release, with his first album, "Inner Child." There are a total of eleven tracks in this album, five of which the singer songwriter composed and penned himself. Top musicians such as Lee Juck, Dynamic Duo's Choiza, and Lee Seung Yul took part in the album, allowing John Park to experiment with various genres.

Ulala Session mini-album – Memory (released)

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01 Dear…(Intro)
02 Fertilizer
03Memory
04 I'll Be There
05 TAQ…Remember
06 Fertilizer INST
07 I'll Be There INST

Purchase This Album

Ulala Session comes before fans with ballad music through their new mini-album, "Memory." The album holds songs about sadness, loneliness, memories, and hope that the band has encountered over the past fifteen years. The title track is "I'll Be There," a song with a message that everyone can be a light to somebody else.

Tony An mini-album Vol. 5 – I'm Tony An (July 3)

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01 Up to Here
02 Day Like Today
03 With You
04 Beautiful Girl
05 Up to Here INST

Purchase This Album

Tony An makes a comeback after two years and two months with his fifth mini-album, "I'm Tony An." The title track is "Up to Here," a ballad number with strong beats and trendy electronic sounds.

4minute (single) – Is It Poppin? (released)

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01 Do You Like Water?

4minute, who has done well with their latest single, "What is Your Name," has returned with a brand new single titled, "Do You Like Water?" It is a hip-hop dance number with an upbeat melody line which is expected to capture listeners' ears. The song was composed and penned by the Brave Brothers.

B.A.P (single) – Coffee Shop (released)

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01 Coffee Shop

B.A.P releases the first of three title tracks, "Coffee Shop," which will be part of their upcoming third mini-album. Through these tracks, the boy band hopes to show different sides of them. Co-composed and co-penned by Kang Ji Won and Kim Ki Bum, "Coffee Shop" is a hip-hop, R&B number with jazz elements.

Verbal Jint (single) – Walking in the Rain (released)

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01 Walking in the Rain (feat. Bumkey)
02 Walking in the Rain INST

Verbal Jint releases a new single, "Walking in the Rain" in midst of a new album. Featuring Bubkey's vocals, this upbeat number is about a person who is betrayed by a lover.

Skull/Haha (single) – Raggaerilla (released)

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01 REGGAErilla
02 Ragga Muffin
03 REGGAErilla INST
04 Ragga Muffin INST

Skull and Haha have come together once more with new reggae music for this summer. The title track is "Ragga Muffin," a remake of Stonyskunk's song of the same title released back in 2006. The duo is expected to come before fans in July and August through a fan meeting and a concert tour in Korea.

Outsider (single) – Sadly Mourning Bird (released)

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01 Sadly Mourning Bird (feat. Lee Soo Young)
02 Lovers' Street 2 (feat. Jo Hyuna (Urban Zakapa), Curious)

Outsider returns after three years with a new single, "Sadly Mourning Bird" in midst of his fourth studio album. The song is about a wife who waits for her husband who has gone afar for so long that she dies and becomes a fossil. Lee Soo Young lends her voice in this song about yearning.

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Popping Cherries: A Newcomer’s Take on Exo’s “Wolf”

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 06:34 PM PDT

It’s been a few weeks since Exo dropped their comeback single, “Wolf.” And while K-Pop listeners either really love the song or really hate the song, sometimes our opinions are smothered in bias. So I got two of my good friends to watch the “Wolf” MV and give their honest opinions about it. 24 year-old Louisiana native Matthew, who’s already done a “Popping Cherries” with B.A.P’s “One Shot” and 28 year-old New Yorker Jen, who is totally new to the K-Pop world, join me in this howling edition of Popping Cherries.

Salima: This is Exo’s comeback after an entire year. Exo is a group from the biggest entertainment company in Korea and they had fans before they even debuted. They came out with 23 teaser videos. It’s 12 boys.

Jen: Are they hot?

Salima: Yes.

Matthew: From what you’ve shown me about K-Pop, the guys usually look like girls.

Salima: *Ignores Matthew* After a year of their fans waiting for them to comeback, they came out with a song called “Wolf.” This is it.

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Jen: So that’s a tree? It looks like a tree.

Salima: That’s a tree.

Jen: Woah. That was hot.

Matthew: Oh my goodness, that boy’s hair!

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Jen: And his hair!

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Matthew: This is interesting. The beat just switched up.

Jen & Matthew: *burst out laughing at howls*

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Matthew: Are they seriously howling right now? Seriously?

Salima: Yes, dude.

Jen: Despite that… this beat is kind of awesome.

Salima: So these are the other 6 guys coming in. Earlier you only saw the first 6.

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Matthew: Was that a wolf? That was so cool. It’s filmed very well and the special effects are on point.

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Jen: Did he just say, “situation”? Because I think I understood that.

Salima: Haha yeah, he said “situation.”

Next: Kaleidoscopes, jazz hands, and Dragon Ball Z?

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2AM’s Jinwoon Talks About Showing Skin with Go Jun Hee

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 05:19 PM PDT

2AM‘s Jinwoon attracted media attention when he said he’d be willing to show some skin with his TV-wife Go Jun Hee, from the program “We Got Married.

In the fourth season of “We Got Married,” three competing couples – Jung Chi & Jung In, Taemin & Son Na Eun, and Jinwoon & Go Jun Hee - were told that the couples photoshoot would be an upcoming mission for the show. When they heard that the best photo shoot would feature on the front page of the illustrative magazine, each of the couples burned with ambition to win and be acknowledged as the best-looking couple of the show.

Jinwoon especially demonstrated his desire to win during a meeting with the magazine photographer when he strongly insisted, “I would even be willing to expose myself in order to win the spot on the front page.”

The photo set of the handsome Jinwoon & Go Jun Hee couple – with their model heights and figures – will broadcast on June 29 at 5:10pm.

Check out our weekly “We Got Married” recaps here.

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Lee Jin Wook is a Firey Casanova of the Future

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 04:11 PM PDT

Actor Lee Jin Wook went under a “homme fatale” transformation for a scandalous pictorial featured in Geek Magazine‘s July edition.

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As the time-traveling news anchor in the drama “Nine: Nine Time Travels,” Lee Jin Wook stepped into the role of a future-day casanova.

He featured in Geek Magazine on June 25, wearing a chic, dandy outfit and his sultry charm. His seductive gaze pierced past the camera to into the eyes and hearts of his female viewers. 

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Hwang Jung Eum and Kim Yong Jun Prove Their Love Is Still Going Strong

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 03:06 PM PDT

The Hwang Jung Eum and Kim Yong Jun couple proved that they are still going on strong!

On June 28, Hwang Jung Eum posted on her me2day, “Everyone, there will be a charity bazaar on June 29 at Samsungdong. Getting ready for tomorrow has been hard but since it’s for a good cause, my heart is fluttering already. I hope a lot of people will come and help out for a good cause,” along with a photo.

In the revealed photo, Hwang Jung Eum and long-time boyfriend Kim Yong Jun of SG Wannabe are cheek-to-cheek in matching black t-shirts. Hwang Jung Eum is cutely pouting for the camera while Kim Yong Jun is pointing to the camera. They show their lovey-dovey side even after eight years of dating.

Netizens who saw the photo commented, “They still look so good together,” “Is Kim Yong Jun on a diet? He looks thinner,” “They are a lovey-dovey couple just like always,” “Please get married soon,” and more.

Meanwhile, Hwang Jung Eum and Kim Yong Jun have received a lot of love for being the first real-life couple to be on MBC’s “We Got Married.” Kim Yong Jun is currently serving in the military.

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[Recap] CNBlue Cooks up a Storm with “Blue Moon Live in Manila”

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 02:03 PM PDT

June 15 was definitely a night to remember for Filipino Boices and CNBlue as the boys held their "Blue Moon" concert in Manila at the Araneta Coliseum.

The boys’ one-night concert in Manila almost sold out so the organizers had to add more seats to accommodate everyone.

CNBlue definitely charmed fans with their Filipino greetings. Hats off to them for speaking in English for most of the show. (You could say Jungshin got tired for a little while when he suddenly switched to Korean!) They made fans cheer even louder when they would say Filipino phrases in between their talks like when Junghsin asked if "masaya ba kayo?" (Are you happy?), Yonghwa with his "Sigaw, sigaw na" (Scream now!) and Jonghyuk's "Salamat" (Thank you.)

The group rocked out to a lot of their hit songs including their latest single, "I'm Sorry," "Intuition, "In My Head," and "I'm a Loner."

Yonghwa openly proclaimed himself as the "Number One Dancer" and showed off his dance skills while performing. He, along with Jungshin, impressed the audience with raps and a short beat box number during the show.

The night was one to remember for leader Yonghwa, as the band members and fans sang him "Happy Birthday" and gave special birthday hats for the boys and fans to wear. Minhyuk riled up the crowd when he said "Today is a special day for one of the members" in Filipino. Yonghwa expressed his surprise and then sang "Happy Birthday" to himself. Fans followed suit and Yonghwa orchestrated them, thanking fans for the love and support.  

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It truly was a fun night for Boices and CNBlue. I certainly had a good time singing along with the boys!

After a successful run in Manila, Philippines, CNBlue will continue their "Blue Moon World Tour" tour in Beijing, China on June 29 at the Beijing Capital Gymnasium. Don't forget to check out the photos from their press conference in Manila in case you missed it!

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Jang Yoon Jung Regrets Opening Up Family Issues to the Public

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 01:05 PM PDT

After what seemed like a bitter give-and-take between Jang Yoon Jung and her family, the singer revealed her thoughts about the recent family feud.

On June 27, Jang Yoon Jung spoke about her family issues on JTBC’s “News 9.”

During the interview, the reporter stated, “There were many stimulating stories about you.” Jang Yoon Jung replied, “I’m upset but I understand because everyone has their own views. Stimulating articles are written when the topic is stimulating.”

She continued, “I don’t read news stories or netizen comments about me. Even when people around me try to tell me, I stop them.”

She also added, “It’s very upsetting. I regret that I brought up my family issues on broadcast. From now on, I won’t ever share my worries with anyone.”

Previously, Jang Yoon Jung appeared on “Healing Camp and stated that her brother and mother squandered her savings. Jang Yoon Jung’s mother and brother retaliated by appearing on a news program and denying those accusations.

Meanwhile, Jang Yoon Jung and her fiance Do Kyung Wan got married on June 28.

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